Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameJoan Gillan 
Birth1908, Scotland
Death27 Apr 1992, North Tonawanda Age: 84
BurialWhitehaven Cemetery, Grand Island, Erie C NY2887
FatherLouis Gillan (1868-ca1921)
MotherJessie Ann Grant (1882-1974)
Spouses
Notes for Joan Gillan
JOAN HEIN, SYLVANIA WORKER, UNION LEADER2888
Joan Hein, who was booked to come to America aboard the Titanic, died Monday (April 27, 1992) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, after a short illness. She was 83.
Her father, the late Louis Gillan, was scheduled to be chief engineer of the Titanic on the ship's maiden voyage and had arranged to have his family travel with him to the United States. But a few days before the sailing, her father became ill, detaining him and his family in England while the ship sailed without them.
Mrs. Hein, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, later moved with her family to the United States and attended School 20 in Buffalo.
Memory of Joan Gillan Hein, courtesy of her nephew, James Alexander Grant Gillan Jr.2889
She was a woman out of time. I remember at her funeral were state legislators and state senators. She was never able to have children but her home was a swirl of artists and intellectuals from the university as well as a wide assortment of interesting people. She had many friends who were gay or were gay couples both men and women who were in her home allowed to be "out", it was just not an issue to her but for her age and this being the late 60s it was pretty unusual. My big regret is that i did not spend more time with her, she would have loved that and i would have learned much. She could build things better than most men and had the insight of an electrical engineer. Her husband was a wonderful man from Germany who supported her in all these efforts.
Joan Hein, who was booked to come to America aboard the Titanic, died Monday (April 27, 1992) in DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, after a short illness. She was 83.
Her father, the late Louis Gillan, was scheduled to be chief engineer of the Titanic on the ship's maiden voyage and had arranged to have his family travel with him to the United States. But a few days before the sailing, her father became ill, detaining him and his family in England while the ship sailed without them.
Mrs. Hein, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, later moved with her family to the United States and attended School 20 in Buffalo.
Memory of Joan Gillan Hein, courtesy of her nephew, James Alexander Grant Gillan Jr.2889
She was a woman out of time. I remember at her funeral were state legislators and state senators. She was never able to have children but her home was a swirl of artists and intellectuals from the university as well as a wide assortment of interesting people. She had many friends who were gay or were gay couples both men and women who were in her home allowed to be "out", it was just not an issue to her but for her age and this being the late 60s it was pretty unusual. My big regret is that i did not spend more time with her, she would have loved that and i would have learned much. She could build things better than most men and had the insight of an electrical engineer. Her husband was a wonderful man from Germany who supported her in all these efforts.